CVE-2014-8738 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8738?

CVE-2014-8738 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8738?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Binutils.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8738?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-8738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8738, ECHO-12ae-a3ee-dc62, GHSA-p59q-qc7h-7hgg, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8738.